Pope Continues Pressing for Unity of All Faiths
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Continues Pressing for Unity of All
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"Pope Francis met with members of
the Lutheran-Catholic Commission on
Unity. Like his predecessors, John
Paul II and Benedict XVI, Francis is
a Pope of Christian unity. Francis
said: "We must try to bring about
unity. Today, I spent 40 minutes
with an evangelical pastor. And we
prayed together, seeking unity."
Timothy George, the dean of Beeson
Divinity School wrote a piece
entitled, Our Francis, Too: Why we
can enthusiastically join arms with
the Catholic leader. He wrote:
"Catholics and evangelicals are the
two largest faith communities in the
body of Christ. Without forgetting
the deep differences that divide us,
now as never before we are called to
stand and work together for the
cause of Christ in a broken world!"
Read more."
"Biblical unity is a sovereign work
of the Holy Spirit, not man. This
unity occurs with the Holy Spirit
baptizes believers, who share a
common faith in the Gospel, into the
Body of Christ (1
Cor. 12:13;
John 1:12-13).
False unity is a work of man's
prideful ambitions and can only be
accomplished by suppressing or
rejecting doctrinal truth (Genesis
11:1-9)."
~ Mike Gendron
